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Monday, November 27, 2006

On The Street.... Comme des Garçons, Chelsea

I shot this young lady a few days after the "modern Hemingway" shot above - I thought she would make such a perfect companion to his look and maybe it could illustrate how a young lady might interpret that look.

I love the plaid shirt working back to the zip sweater and the overall slouchiness. I think this might be the first time I have been jealous of a girls outfit (not that there is anything wrong with that)

Nice gamin attitude and clothes!Love her pose and her hair, she look smart and fun!

Maybe by mentioning Comme des Garçons she will be forgiven of assuming her standing on gender ambiguity.

Maybe many don't even acknowledge the how gender is a common theme in many collections, so regognizing a label name is enough understanding into the aesthetic world to stay safe. This understanding - if is transcendent- might threaten the safety of personal biases. Who whants that?!

she looks cute, but let's be honest, if this look would be on a guy, nobody would bat an eyelid.

Anonymous said ... (7:45 PM) :

Hey Sart,

Please, no reason to be jealous of her outfit; you could put this together quite easily.

The Salvation Army on 46th between 10th and 11th will provide similar sweaters and plaid flannels, some baggy jeans. A pair of Wallabees and you're there!

- JCH

Anonymous said ... (7:55 PM) :

Okay, I thoughtthis was a guy until I read Sart's comments, and I STILL think she looks like a guy (I think the hair is what keeps the illusion going most).

But hey, it's a cool look, so kudos to her for pulling it off.

I'm all for women dressing stylish and feminine (and sexy ... like that Korean acress a few posts ago) but I don't want anyone to have to look any particular way 24/7, so now we have a good example for female dressing down.

carlene said ... (8:53 PM) :

Rafe, how funny, the first thing I thought was Jenny Shimizu. She was the coolest (probably still is). That girl really knew how to rock a tank top. Betcha this one does, too.